A
very tough subject for me. This subject was introduced to me by a very
good friend of mine 2 years back. At that time I was unable to paint the
subject properly due to my inabilities in handling watercolor n
acrylics. But recently...after doing a Plein air and many sketches and
studies, I have finally got through the preliminary hurdles to paint
this subject. Though many painting and composition on this subject
awaits to be mastered, I am happy with my progress so far. Still one of the very tough subjects I have seen and painted.

Plein air in Dighalipukhuri Camel Artist Acrylics and Pebeo Acrylics on Canson Montval 300 gsm rough 11X 14 inchs.DIGHALIPUKHURI is a rectangular man-made pond in Guwahati, about half a mile long. Dighalipukhuri derived its name from the word ‘dighal’ which means long.
The lake is believed to be dug by Bhagadutta, the king of
Pragjyotishpura. It is also mentioned in the Mahabharata,the great
Indian epic. In historical times, it was used by the Ahoms as a naval yard. Its
access to the Brahmaputra was eventually closed, and during colonial
times,
that portion was further filled on which the Circuit House was built.Dighalipukhuri is a prominent tourist attraction in the heart of
Guwahati with boating facilities and recreational activities. It is an
old rectangular lake of half a mile long originally engraved out from
the Brahmaputra. Later, it was separated from the river when a portion
was filled up. This actually is very old fishery building in Digholipukhuri. It was build many years back by the Government to monitor fish farming or pisciculture, a principal form of aquaculture in Digholipukhuri.

Saturday, April 11, 2015

This was a commission work for one of my friend. The irony was hat I never got paid for the job and the painting was delivered to the recipient. This was my first Alla Prima work. I used a photograph as my source for the painting. The painting was done in exactly 5 hours. I enjoyed doing this work and did learn a lot of things that day.

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I am Tirtha Bharadwaj from India. First of all I would like to thank you very much from the core of my heart for visiting my blog. I am a freelance fine artist and illustrator and I hope my blog will motivate you to take up painting as your hobby or your profession.
I started painting at an early age. I owe this to both my mother Leely Bhattacharyya and my father Late Dr. Indra Nath Bhattacharyya for understanding me then and sending me to an art school. My mother was the first to infuse the love of cars at such an early age. Everyday she would draw a car for me and I would stare at the car while she would feed me. My father loved painting even though he was a Doctor by profession. He would bring big sheets of papers for me to draw and thus my love for painting and drawing took wings. But soon family expectations got the better of me. My father was a doctor and so everyone had high hopes for me. Everyone wanted me to follow the same path. I declined and decided to fight back. I finished my Post Graduation in Business Studies, worked for 3 years in a reputed company, left my job and came back home to pursue what I love. Still learning and painting for sheer happiness.

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Pencil and Canvas is my studio. This is the place where I dream, I create and I feel the world around me. This is where I first started with a line drawing, this is where I struggled, this is where I cried and finally this is the place which lets me accelerate forward towards achieving my dreams.